Sudarium of Oviedo

The Sudarium of Oviedo, including Santo Sudario of Oviedo, is a blood- soiled linen cloth, which is kept in the Cámara Santa of the Cathedral of San Salvador in Oviedo in Spain. It is claimed that this cloth was wrapped after the death of Jesus Christ around his head, but this is very controversial.

The Holy Sudarium ( Sudarium Domini ) is heavily soiled and crumpled. The dark spots are arranged symmetrically, however, in contrast to Turin's grave cloth recognize a picture.

The Sudarium and the Turin grave cloth took different paths, as could be confirmed by pollen analysis, the significance is, however, doubted by many critical scholars. For the first time it is documented in the Chronicon Regum Legionensium the Bishop Pelagius († 1153 ), after which it was transferred in 614 after the invasion of the Persians in 614 to Palestine from there to Alexandria, but was already brought 616 across North Africa to Spain. There is no evidence of the Sudarium of Oviedo before the 7th century and with the radiocarbon method, the age was also the 7th century AD dated ( Baima Bollone (1994 ), Book of Acts of the 1st International Congress on the Sudarium of Oviedo, 428 -429 ). However Bollone indicates himself that his inquiry would be highly unreliable and one should also consider other evidence.

The wounds on the cloth, which are assigned to the injuries from the crown of thorns of Jesus Christ, agree allegedly consistent with those of the Turin grave cloth, so that authenticity proponents claim that it is most likely the same man. However, these statements are based on a "Polarized Image Overlay Technique" mentioned method, the results of which are regarded by some scientists as unreliable and highly subjective. But above all, notice that also the material of the cloth is identical to the grave of the Turin cloth, but not the weave.

Critics say the cloth for a similar number of forgeries, which were at that time in circulation. Regarding the reference to Turin grave cloth is used, for example, that if the cloth between the body and grave cloth might be doing, it would have impeded in the grave cloth the emergence of the image. Proponents of the authenticity of the cloth argue against this thesis that the cloth was found only briefly at the head of Jesus, such as the Descent from the Cross for transport to the nearby grave. The Sudarium need not be identical with the mentioned in the Bible, " handkerchief ", lying on the head of Jesus (Jn 20:7). This could (for a sweat towel is actually a small cloth, which you use to wipe sweat ) and the Veil of Veronica, that possibly is, the " veil of Manoppello " be.

The Sudarium is shown three times a year in the Cathedral of San Salvador in Oviedo: on Good Friday, the day of the Exaltation of the Cross (14 September ) and on the day of the Apostle Matthew (September 21 ).